Improvement in horse-rakes



@timed www Waerme-W Maag@ GN GEORGE C. SHALER, OFGILBOA, AND HARRY BARLOW, OF HOBART,

4NEW YORK.

Leners Patent No. 83,000, dated 00am 13, 186s.

A IMPRovEMnNT nv Hansa-RAKES.

The Schedule referred tain these Lettera Patent and making part of lthe same.

' HON- To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that we, GEORGE C. SHALER, of Gilboa, in the county ot' Schoharie, and State of New York, and Hanny Bannon', of Hobart, in the county of Delaware and State of New York, have invented a new and improved 'llolse Hay-Rake; and wedo hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled i'n the ait to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a.

part of this speciiication.l

The present invention relates to 'a new and useful inprovement in horse hay-rakes, the object of which is to rake and dump the hay or grain in heaps without scattering, and at the saine time to keep the teeth of the rake clean and free from being clogged or choked; the construction and operation of-which will be clearly imdeistood from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying th'awings, forming part of this speciiication, in which- Figure 1 represents a plan of our improved horse hay-rake, and

Figure 2 is a sectional elevation ofthe same through the line x :12.

Similar. letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In this case, the .driver stands on the platform a, which is placed directly over and attached to the axle b.

'.lhc rake-teeth are shaped as shown in iig. 2 of the accompanying thawing, and are secured rmly to the axle-tree by means of nuts and screws, or other suita ble device.

From the' peculiar shape of the iakcfteeth it will be seen that they will hold a large quantity-of hay, and

instead of dumping and dragging the hay by the old method, our rake holds the hay gathered in a bunch, and is also. discharged clean from the rake in a bunch orheap by the driver stepping forward on the platfonn c, which extends across the thills which are hung inthe standards `d d, whichare attached to and-extend outward from the axle-tree. Thus, as the driver puts hispweight on the platform c, it will cause the sameto drop downward, and thus raise the rake, as shown in red outline in iig. 2.

The cleaners e are attached to the thills, and While raking, their position will be near 'the top of the rake, between its teeth, and when in the act of dumping, they follow down between the rake-teeth, as shown in red outline, and throw the hay from the -rake in a heap, without scattering or dragging the, same. l

Having thus described our invention,

What, we claim as new, and desire to secure -by Letters Patent, is-

The platform a, rigidly attached tothe revolving axle b, in which the curved teeth are fixed, and the v platform c hung between the projections d d of the axle-tree, and carrying the clearers e, as herein shown and described, whereby, as the driver steps from@ to o, the latter is depressed, the axle partiallyturned, and the teeth and clearers operated as lset forth and shown.

" GEO. C. SHALER.'

HARRY BARLOW.

Witnesses for SHALERS BENJAMIN D. REYNOLDS,

CHARLs A. PHELPs. Witnesses for BARLOW:

JAMES O. M.W1LL1AMs,

EDWARD HUGHES. 

